This is third-rate sci-fi cobbled together with familiar elements of a video game some people like, and that's not nearly enough to work as a film.
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04/24/06
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:2
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: This computer animated film picks up where the Playstation FINAL FANTASY VII video game left off. Cloud, the hero of the game, has retired into seclusion, but when a mysterious and lethal disease... [More]
Reviews for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
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Once the characters start spewing out reams of dialogue about "geostigma," "sephiroth," and "genova," my eyeballs involuntarily start to glaze over.
03/07/07
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10/18/08
Top CriticGreat animation, but a narrative disappointment.
06/07/09
less like a satisfying followup to a great gaming experience, and more a technical demo on how pretty those blocky FF characters could look on expensive new hardware.
10/10/05
[The] battle scenes, during which all normal physics go straight out the window, are exhilarating in a disorienting thrill-ride way.
04/25/06
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10/18/08
Les artisans de chez Square ont visiblement cherché à faire plaisir qu'aux fans d’un des plus populaires épisodes de la franchise et à personne d’autre.
11/06/05
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